I wrote here recently about bringing home my "new" 1982 911 SC. I posted some homecoming photos, too. While the PO had kept the car really clean, I feel that I don't a car until I've detailed it (or at least hand-washed and waxed it). So, today I got busy, and spent about five hours detailing the car.
I did the following:
- Washed with Mother's car wash (good way to discover Targa leaks :-\)
- Applied Turtle Wax wheel cleaner
- Pulled the floormats and floorboard carpeting and aired out/cleaned/vacuumed
- Vacuumed the floorboards and all reachable interior
- Treated all the rubber with Armor-all
- Treated the top with "nano" vinyl cleaner/protectant. Blacked/shined it up nicely.
- Used the "nano" stuff on all vinyl interior parts
- Used Mother's leather cleaner/protectant on leather surfaces
- Did a round of Mother's clay-bar
- Applied Klasse All-in-one sealant
- Applied Mother's "Back to Black" on all black parts, including targa bar (though it didn't really need it)
- Applied gel tire dressing with a neato applicator. So nice.
- Cleaned all windows, both sides with Stoner's
- Applied RainX cleaner/wax to outside surface of windows
- Did one final round of hand-polishing with a micro-fiber polish rag
- Replaced wiper blades
Naturally, photos follow. Too bad light-colored cars don't show off one's work as well as dark cars :-\.
